The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 591, 4 March 1876, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

Equal and exact justice to all men, Ot whatever state or persuasion, religious or political ***** Hero ihtlltheProsi the People's right maintain, "Jnawed by influence and unbnbed by gain.

SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 187 C.

iv any leason, but more esper»lly in one like the j:re*9nt, the most careful attention ihoulrl be gWen to the work of stack building. By i)ovenlincBs in some cases, m others through ij. nornnce, *cry considerable loss ensues *« th« mult of daiuge by the weather to badly congtru'tsd itauks. Kven although it is intendrd to tl rcsh *t once, wo would counsel oareful boil ing. Tli« thies'ung rnaehine may not como usearl, a< thought j tha staolt may require to •tand longer th»n tnt-oipated ; and in any caie jt ttk?a no longfr to do fh» work well than

ill, ond therr it tht additional advantage, that while built to koep out rain, tho stack at the same time looks more workmanlike With reference to tho quantity of ground that should bs marked for fe stack, ten yard* long by fire wide is estimated as r good workable size for ten »cres of crop expected to yield about twenty bushels per ncro. Thi» bounds should be formed bj pegging down siplmgs, and saplings or straw may be used for placing oil tho bottom. Of course a perfectly dry site should be eelerted from which the water will run off. The builder begins by forming 9, stook of sheaves similar to those in the field, about hilf-way along, in the centre of the foundation. This in a rick of the size mentioned would make a stack five yards in length. Around this atook the builder continues to place the »heaves in the same position, but with a gradually lowering angle as the outside is approaohed. The corners should be made round, as they etand better than square, and arc easier done. When ths ontside of tho foundation has been -nearly reached all round, the builder proceeds to lay bis fir»t outside of sheaves, keeping the long ond of the butt away from him. Thig Gnished, the second courts is laid in tho tauie waj', but eighteen inches further inward ; or tlic long end of the butts of the second course about covering the bands of the sctond. In this way, taking car« to keep the heart well filled np so that the butts of the ihearea always slope gently to the outaide, the building goes systematically 011. The following directions, given in a paper road some time ago at one of the Now Zealand Agricultural Society's monthly meetings, are so practioaUy put that wo cannot do better than ijuoie them here: — "When you have made your lick, say three feet from the ground, lay the long s.de of your sheaf upwards ; this will gat your rick out •nough, and when about three feet from the eavei turn the long iide of tho butt of your sheaf downwards, it ttill bring your rick in. a thapo what is called ' belly ' to it. L»y your inside sheaves high as you get up near the tjo r , and got the middle well filled ; tread it well that it will bo solid for tho roof. A good way to trend is for three or four men to take hold of handi and walk steadily round soreral times. To lay the eaves lay one sheaf wilh the long side downward*, and over enough to clear the bulgo ,of the riuk ; lay another on the top ; keep it in to form the roof when you have laul onco round. Go in the middle, and hy a row of sheaves along tho middlr ; tlion stand your sheaves up, the same as m tho field, and keep standing thorn up till you ooine to tho outside, It is wall to [ have a whingle cut so that you can hold it in your hand at one end, and beat your outside sheaves sloping. At tho butt lay two sheaves and ono in the coat re the en ruo as shingles When you have done at the ontside, go in the 1 middle of your rick and S6t up again. About threo times will do it. Standing the sheaves up in this way a riolc will throw the ram off for months, nnd &s well as if it were tl-atched." Thatching, should, ho wevor, be done at onco. It is false economy to havo h«iy or grain .rastod for want of timely thatching. While tho work of building goes on it will bo found profitable to also hare a rick-oloth at hand to save the exposed rack from sudden mnt. The money •pent in a rick-cloth will be foutnd » profitable investment. Oiled calico is cheap, aad is found to ans'ver vorv well

Imuior/ntb tor Waikato. — A batch of thirty immigrant* ex: snip Salisbury, woio brought up nver by thu eteamor last night. 9omo of them were Unrlerf at N^ariiuwahiji, the baUnco being brought up as far as Hamilton.

Hamilton R M Couit I.—There1 .— There was little or no business on ThurrUy at tlio adjourned M R Court. Of two casot aot down ono was withdrawn »nd the othor not hernl as defendant confeised judgment botbro it ciqic into Court, and sared costs of hearing.

Or;n Scppuemknt.— Wo ara again compelled to issuo our Saturday's number without; the muul supplomout, this limo m consequence of the illness of one ot our composing §uif. Wo bave in its place, howler, eiiilearourort \o giro &$ full a paper as possible nortnvo wo altogotuer forgotten our agricultural friends.

To-days Cattib Sale. — Mr John Knox-vrill offer for sale to-day, at ttoh o Hamilton Kasfc sale yard?, a quantity of young stook and mefu[ horses. On Monday he w.ll offer for sale at tho National Uono., Cambridge, an aero of land in th« township of CaaibiiJge, and fifty aoros at Taupiri.

HAMatoM Vegetables.-* Wo yrero ohewa yesterday a hn>-kotol Vegetables flrown in Bnmilton, by Mr Hugh Hunter, wlucli reflect great credit ontho grower, and piovo that with proper attention we can compete in root crops with any district in W.ukato. The butikot comprised parsnip, oarrot, and owerie turnip, a most excellent lamplo of each, l<ut> tho iweds turnip excelled any we have Reon out of old England, reiil good well grown iwoedes, large, corapaut.and excellent. Tliey wore a pre«cnt to Mr R Q-r/ynie, who cillml our attenlioo to them as the bent 'be had seen in W«ikato.

Finn Tnqoustion.— A.n in quoit waa convened by .fcho Coroner, Ur Beale, for Thursday, after noon, to bo held at ilr Ellison's larni, UamilLon Kubt, «.n tlu> destruction by fire of hit latu pro mweß. Air McGregor Hay attended ai solicitor on the part of tlie Iniurnuco Company to watch tho proceeding!. The whole busioegs seems to t.are been very loosely conducted, and fiuu ly tbo Coronw dianncaed tho jur^ after the latter hid been cwoin, and the enquiry had baen part entered upjn. Tho proceedings hare beon leveroly oonimented upon by one of the jurymen I e.juwiieie.

Nabbow EBcapb fuoxT *ms — An necident which »cry neatly resulted in tlie destruction of Mr LoTell's home and etore at Taupiri, occurred on Monday morning lait at Taupm. About half-just »evon o'clock that morning, one of tho bedrooms in the roar of tho itoro was disoorered to bo on fire, tud but lor tno timely assistance of iomo gentlemen who wore staying in the home and of constable Clarko who u ttationea at T<*upiri, tho whole place would very boon hare been in a blaze, as tue ilamei had already r«ached within an inch or two of tho ceiling. It is not known how the firo originated, but one of Mr Love U's children, » htile bay two years old, was «ecu witli3n empty matchbox in his hand after the firo had been extinguished.

Progress or tub Railway.— Wo understand thHt the railway worlfs between ftangmn aud Nguruawilna are rapidly progressing. At Tau(onimenciug the ballasting of tlio wholo line, pin tt,ey are in & far enough advanoed tt&to for fcleeperi are coming to hand in abundance aud any qunntity of ratis a>-o »t hand. Th» locotuo tive there is rather rmty hko the Irishman, in fact, " blue moui j fur vmnt o" a bating," but a coupln of monthji, it h expected, will ccc it enm running ballast waggons. A. ruuiour bad bfltn current m and bolievol in bj many Ihero, thai the Auckland mid Pui m nnlw.iy wnl not get bojond thnt townulnp for (he uevt ten jeara tv come. Wh hoar t tins lome month ortwo itgo, »nd ihoull not refer to it now but that wo h>i\e hea d it moreiLin onct- withinthe last weeV. Tlio re^on given is that tho money will run out. JJJow *o far from thw being tlw cuse, theie will, by tho tuuo the lino it coinl let d at far as Ohiupo, bo a euutiilerabic »urpluA Oil bund, and u u intended to push the hue onward to tho frontier ai lar an the money will

Thb GK>v**nor a»u thi Maorw —We learn front vestcda*'? ''Herald" that " Tt is hkfly that before long His Ewollency the Governor and King T/iwhwo will ha,** a meeting. Sir Donald McLean is excnedinely anxious to brine such a meeting about, and hat worked Readily for th it object for some tune. A chief •lamed Hone te One, who stuck to our side fhioughout the war, and who had to leave hi* place at Kavrhm on that account, bus lately hocn illotved to return to that place, and has had a largo plantation there, al winch the potatoes aad kum.iras nre now ripe. It it reported that the o*ij>et of forming the plantation there was t> \ ifford food wtien the GoTarnor made his visit. The *oed for the plantntion was furnished by the Government, and as Tawhiao must be aware of the purpose, it look* as if the long-expected meeting were to come off at last. Krery settler m the colony must devoutly fr'nh that the MarquU of Norm.inby may have the honor and gratification of removincr what is, notwithstanding our great advance ot late years, a subject of npprehension. We may say tfut within the last few de.\a a messenger has again been sent to tiir Georfte Grey from Tawhiao, asking him to come up and sco the Kingites, and promising that they «ou!d agree to any conditions of peace which he xa't;ht consider right. We are not aware whether Mu Honor intends to go."